Trump Gets Little Pushback on Tariff Threat to Apple

Punchbowl News: “We in the media normalize a lot of Trump’s extreme behavior, but this is a truly extraordinary statement. He’s openly warning the leader of one of the most important companies in the United States — which has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on its Chinese manufacturing operations — that they can’t avoid tariffs by shifting production to India. Its factories must be based in the United States, Trump said, or Apple gets hit with the tariffs.”

“Now imagine any other president saying something like this and the backlash it would’ve caused. Congress has left town, but it’s still stunning how little pushback the president has gotten over such a direct threat.”